Dating the growth of oceanic crust at a slow-spreading ridge
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By: J.J. Schwartz, Barbara E. John, Michael J. Cheadle, E.A. Miranda, Craig B. Grimes, J. L. Wooden, and H.J.B. Dick
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Abstract
Nineteen uranium-lead zircon ages of lower crustal gabbros from Atlantis Bank, Southwest Indian Ridge, constrain the growth and construction of oceanic crust at this slow-spreading midocean ridge. Approximately 75% of the gabbros accreted within error of the predicted seafloor magnetic age, whereas ???25% are significantly older. These anomalously old samples suggest either spatially varying stochastic intrusion at the ridge axis or, more likely, crystallization of older gabbros at depths of ???5 to 18 kilometers below the base of crust in the cold, axial lithosphere, which were uplifted and intruded by shallow-level magmas during the creation of Atlantis Bank.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Dating the growth of oceanic crust at a slow-spreading ridge |
| Series title | Science |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.1116349 |
| Volume | 310 |
| Issue | 5748 |
| Year Published | 2005 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Science |
| First page | 654 |
| Last page | 657 |
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